A wiki article that sourced back to a magazine from 1977 about what the storm troopers were (IE clones churned out all factory like). And how they were changed from clones to regular soldiers almost by accident. Beyond that I can't remember. EP. IV has a lot of early installment weirdness like the Storm troopers being all clones. Or the Emperor not being dark lord of the Sith, in EP. IV that was Vader. Until it was changed during EP. V writing process. You can find more in that link.
The closest thing from Lucas that I found was this, courtesy of the Star Wars wiki and sourced to a behind-the-scenes book: So it looks like the whole "stormtroopers were clones" thing was never George's intent at the beginning, or if it was, he certainly never spoke out about it. Not that it really matters, because the "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" line still holds up just fine and makes perfect sense without the stormtroopers being clones. EDIT: Strike that, I found another quote: So I guess the idea was put out there relatively early, but I didn't see anything that ties Lucas to that. It also only claims that a portion of stormtrooper ranks are clones, but not all of them (which would be confirmed by later EU and current canon, at least up until the time Rebels takes place).
I want people to admit this series is not nearly as bad as many thought it was going to be. I feel it has more emotion than a lot of Clone Wars episodes.
We also need to remember that this is George Lucas were talking about. One day he says one thing, the next he says another.
It's weird. I went from super stoked, to cringing from the preview footage, and now I'm super into it again.
. Yes the stormtroopers origins were not specified but early in the film Luke mentions" the clone wars" showing the idea of clone soldiers was already in Lucas's mind by then
Latest episode was pretty good: Spoiler Chopper doing karate was adorable A bit annoying we didn't find out what is up with Ezra's parents but not a big complaint for me. You do see a picture of them, it's not conclusive but his father certainly doesn't look like a clone. Darker skin, big black beard but it is quite stylised so who knows Regarding the Stormtrooper vs Clone thing: From here FRom here
Well yeah...bred, conditioned, and trained from birth troops vs conscripted and volunteers. Kinda like how shielded fighters are more useful than the regular TIEs.
Just wondering, how dark/childish is Rebels compared to The Clone Wars? Want to know before I start watching so I know what to expect.
Ah. Not that big a fan of the OT, but I liked A New Hope quite a bit. I'll watch an episode when I get home.
I found it to be a heavily pre-A New Hope feel to it. Rather than "a bunch of adventures and perils between Ep 2 and Ep 3". But yeah, this is still "a bunch of adventures and perils between Ep 3 and Ep 4". I wouldn't judge the whole series based on the first 3 eps. But watch it anyways to form your own opinion. I enjoyed it because series premiere draws more from Ep 4 than the Clone Wars and prequel movies. The Clone Wars still stings because it never really finished their story. Unlike how the other Clone Wars cartoon ended with Obi Wan and Anakin about to board their fighters to rescue Palpatine. We know how this series will end (somewhat), but it is good that we're finally getting some details for that gap between Ep 3 and 4. Though some of the games in previous years kinda gave some decent adventures that takes place pre-Ep 4.
Question: I was never up to date about the production of Star Wars Rebels, but how were they able to get a famous actor like Freddie Prinze Jr to voice in the series?
He does a lot of voice over work, and he is a big Star Wars fan. I also heard that his experience on 24 with Kiefer Sutherland was so bad, that he is hesitant to do live action roles again.
I would have thought that they offered it to him and he said he will only lend his voice if he were a Jedi.
Saw the latest episode, really cool kinda double-whammy with Ezra dealing with skeletons and the dark side rearing it's ugly, apparently amnesia-inducing head. I think they're handling the relationships between the characters better and better, as evident with Sabine and Ezra, and how (it seems) they're not going for the bait and making them a thing, which would be incredibly cliche, and based on the characters, really dumb.
They've always hinted that turning to the dark side is like losing yourself to another persona. That's why Obi-Wan always acted like Vader and Anakin were two separate people. Maybe they're exploring that a little.
